Having said that, however, the film is still a very good depiction of the birth of Islam. I would like to have known a lot more about his life from the film, not his mannerisms or speech as depicted by a particular actor, but at least the major events of his life, his children, his wives, and so on. While this is well affected, it unfortunately removes him from a lot of the story. It was filmed in accordance with Islamic political correctness, so The Prophet himself is never depicted, visually or vocally. This film starts with Muhammed receiving the Koran from the angel Gabriel and ends at his death. I'm a history major who took several courses in the history of the Middle East and Islam, so nothing is going to be good or accurate or trivia filled enough for me, but it certainly didn't contradict anything I'd learned (for cinematic purposes or otherwise), and that's more than I can say for any historical epic I've seen in several years.
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